With so many music streaming services in the city, keeping track of all your saved music has become difficult. Personally, I use both Spotify and YouTube Music and it’s getting harder to find that newly discovered song. If you are also facing similar situations, you have come to the right place. Here I will show you how to keep YouTube Music and Spotify playlist in sync. This way, your music library will be available on different platforms and you won’t miss anything no matter what service you use. So, if you are interested, follow along and learn how to sync YouTube Music and Spotify playlist.
Sync YouTube Music and Spotify Playlists
1. We will use IFTTT To keep YouTube Music and Spotify Playlist in sync. So go ahead and install IFTTT (Android / iOS – Offers free, in-app purchases). In addition, you can access almost all the services of IFTTT. web portal.
2. Next, open IFTTT and create a new account if you don’t have one. After that, tap on “To discoverSearch for ” and “YouTube”. Now open “YouTube”.
3. Here, scroll down and click “Adding songs from videos You like Spotify Playlist” and tap on “Connect”.
4. Now, IFTTT will ask you to authorize to manage your YouTube Music playlist. Enter the credentials and tap on “.To let“. This is a one-time operation.
5. Similarly, Spotify authorization. Enter your Spotify credentials and tap “Accept”. Again, this is a one-time process.
Note: Later, if you want to revoke authorization open this page and remove access to Spotify.
6. Now IFTTT is ready to execute actions. When you like a song on YouTube Music or YouTube, IFTTT will search for that song in Spotify and automatically add to custom “YouTube” playlist on Spotify in the background. You don’t need to do anything manually.
7. Note that if the song is not on Spotify, it will not be added. Also, the synchronization process does not happen instantly. IFTTT runs the action once per hour so the liked music video will be added in an hour.
8. IFTTT sync immediately then you will have to do it manually. Open the IFTTT action and tap the “gear” icon. Here, tap “Check Now” to run the syncing process from there to there. This way your YouTube Music will always be in sync with your Spotify playlist.
Transfer Existing Playlists from YouTube Music to Spotify
The above method allows you to create a background service that automatically syncs your YouTube Music with Spotify. remember that you will just apply for newly liked songs and not your current library. So, if you want to transfer your existing library of hit songs from YouTube Music to Spotify, here is how to do it.
There are multiple services that offer music transfer from one platform to another, but here I am Will use Tune My Music service. It doesn’t ask for too many permissions and does the job via playlist URLs. Soundiiz is also good, but you will need to create an account and also authorize the service to fully manage your YouTube account, which I really wouldn’t recommend. Having said all that, let’s go through the steps.
1. First of all, you should make your YouTube Music playlists public or unlisted (anyone with the link can access it). click this link with change privacy settings from your playlists. Now, click on the “Padlock” icon for the playlist you want to transfer to Spotify.
3. On the next page, Select “Unlisted” because it’s more privacy friendly. After that, copy the playlist URL from the address bar.
4. After doing this open it Set up my music website and click onlet’s start“.
5. Then, “youtube music“.
6. Here, paste the playlist URL and click “Load Playlist”. Note that this way you can transfer individual playlists individually. If you also want to export your favorite songs to YouTube Music and other playlists, then click “Install from your YouTube Music account”. You will still need to grant full YouTube admin permission.
Note: If you choose the “YouTube Music account” method, you can revoke the permission later in Android Settings -> Google -> Account Services -> Connected Apps.
7. When you bring up the playlist, click “Next: Choose Destination“.
8. Here “Spotify” and authorize Tune My Music to manage your Spotify playlist.
9. Finally, “Start Moving My MusicTo start the transfer process.
10. It will show which songs are unavailable in Spotify after transfer. You can take notes or save the missing part report in a CSV file.
11. By the way, Tune My Music Too provides a synchronization service Between YouTube Music and Spotify. However, it is available for paid users (starting at $2 per month). Click “Synchronise” to get started.
12. Here, select the frequency and time of when the synchronization should occur. You can also choose the sync method. For example, “Mirror” keeps playlists exactly the same. If you remove a song from one service, it is also removed from another service. “Add Only” only reflects newly added songs and does not play with removed songs. Now, simply click on the “Create Sync” option to start the sync service.
Automatically Find Songs on YouTube Music on Spotify
So you can keep YouTube Music and Spotify in sync with each other. In the first method, I showed a simple guide for users who want to set up a sync service in the background for free. In the second method, you can also transfer your old library and set up playlist sync as well, but it comes at a cost. So, depending on which method you find easy, you can choose any of them. Anyway, that’s it for us. Follow our linked article if you want to know more about such Spotify tips and tricks.
